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Daily DCE Review 21/1/21

Iron ore futures opened low and closed higher at the afternoon session, amid market concerns over cyclone development in Australia. The most-traded May iron ore contract on China’s Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) then rose slightly by 0.90% day-on-day or RMB 9.50 to RMB 1,061/mt on Thursday. The steel rebar contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange …

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Morning Oil Report 21/1/21

U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures fell 24 cents, or 0.5%, to $53.07 a barrel at 0500 GMT, following two days of gains on expectations of massive COVID-19 relief spending under new U.S. President Joe Biden. Brent crude futures dropped 22 cents, or 0.4%, to $55.86 a barrel.   U.S. crude oil inventories rose …

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Daily Capesize Review 20/1/21

Capesize freight rates continued to rise on firmer physical Atlantic basin, despite thin shipping activities in the market. The Capesize 5 time charter average then went up by $1,409 day-on-day to $25,557 on Wednesday, after a choppy trading session. The Baltic Dry Index (BDI) also moved higher on improving freight rates and hiked up by …

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Ferrous Daily Physical Review 21/1/21

Ferrous Market –    MySteel Rebar Inventory: Rebar production 3.445 million tonnes, down 0.25% w-o-w. Mills inventory 2.89 million tonnes, up 4.61% w-o-w. Circulation inventory 4.80 million tonnes, up 12.98% w-o-w. –    Ganggu Construction Steel Inventory: production 5.03 million tonnes, down 91,800 tonnes w-o-w. Mills inventory 5.56 million tonnes, up 293,900 tonnes w-o-w. Circulation inventory 6.83 …

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